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Legislative Council - Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)
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Tyndale Christian School

The Hon. R.L. BROKENSHIRE (15:59): I rise to place on the public record my appreciation to the Tyndale Christian School. The motto of the Tyndale Christian School is Christian Inclusive Excellent. I was fortunate again to be invited to attend on this occasion the 2016 graduation ceremony for Year 12.

With all the school graduations that I am privileged to attend over the years, I always look very much forward to Tyndale Christian School graduation ceremonies. This year was no exception. In fact there were over 110 graduating students from the class of 2016. The Tyndale Christian School has expanded in the last few years and I am very pleased that they now have a campus at Strathalbyn, in my own region where I live, and also in Murray Bridge. In fact, one of my friends Mr Bruce Hicks, is the principal of the Tyndale Christian School at Murray Bridge.

This school is a very comprehensive school that is clearly founded on Christian values and it develops those Christian values through all of the students. It is a significant and large and comprehensive school. It has a very focused commitment to curriculum and gets incredible results with SACE, and I trust that these students in the next few weeks will see the benefits of going to that school when they get good results with their SACE reports.

It also is dedicated to music. Chelsea Dossett is a young person who performed a magnificent vocal during the graduation ceremony. Chelsea has a God-given talent and I hope that she pursues that and she could become a leading singer. Part of that is the development that she has had at Tyndale. One of the other things that particularly impresses me at Tyndale is the focus on education for children and students with a disability. They do a brilliant job there in the way they go about it. In fact, having visited other schools that have a focus on students with a disability, I have to say that Tyndale is a model for the way they go about their education and support to these students and their families.

One of the matters that I do need to pursue further as a result of a discussion I had after the graduation on Monday night was the fact that there appears to be total inequity between the funding for schools that are non-government and independent Christian schools when it comes to funding support for students with a disability. That is something that I do want to investigate because there should be absolute equity in that situation.

I also want to pay particular credit to the teachers and staff at the school. You do have to have a dedicated team in a school to be able to provide the best results for those students and there is no doubt that the dedication of the teachers and staff at Tyndale is up there with the very best. Mr Mike Potter, a man I greatly respect, is actually the head principal—he is the head of all of the campuses, those three campuses of what is known now as the Tyndale Christian School Group. Mr Mike Potter and his wife and family are an outstanding family, highly respected right across South Australia for their dedication to our Lord and also for his dedication to education.

You only have to hear other principals and teachers that know Mr Potter talk about him in a very positive way when you let them know that you have been to his school, to know how highly respected he is. His energy and his commitment and his dedication is to be commended. Clearly, also, the backing of the school council and the school board sets a very strong structure for the Tyndale Christian School. There are students excelling right throughout not only the state and Australia but, I would expect, internationally now as a result of the education they have had at Tyndale.

I will continue, as indeed will Family First, to argue the case for choice of education, be it independent, public or Christian. Again, I commend the Tyndale Christian School for the superb work they are doing with our young people.

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